ugust 31th, the
12th National
Games of the
People's Republic
of China were held
in Shenyang City,
Liaoning Province.
Shenyang contained
the principal venue,
other 13 cities also
involved in the
games. A total of
9,000 athletes took
part in the competition, a total of 350 events,40 sub-items in 31 sports were held at the games.
The 12th Chinese National Games closed on 12th September afternoon, the
delegation of Shandong Province beat other teams to top the final medal
tally with 65 gold medals.

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ctober 28th, said as a terrorist
attack a jeep ploughed into
pedestrians and caught fire in Beijing's
Tiananmen Square Golden Water
Bridge, five people were killed and 38
people were injure. According to the
investigation, “10.28” incident was an
organized and premeditated terrorist
violence plan. At present, the case has
been identified the relevant circumstance, five fugitives involved in this
case have been arrested.

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eptember 29th, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free-Trade Zone was
launched. It is comprised of the four customs supervision areas, such
as Shanghai Waigaoqiao Bonded Zone. It is the first free-trade zone
launched by the Chinese government. The Negative List covers main
sectors, which means that foreign investment in all sectors should be
allowed unless listed as prohibited or restricted under the negative list.
A month after Shanghai FTA established, about 280 enterprises have
settled, including 258 domestic and 22 foreign-funded enterprises.

ovember 9th -12th N 3rd Plenary
Session of 18th CPC Central
Committee held in Beijing.
A total of 204 full members and 169
alternate members attended the plenum.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC
Central Committee, delivered a work
report to the third Plenary Session of the
18th CPC Central Committee. China
must build on the paramount reality that
it remains in pursuing comprehensive,
deeper reform. The 18th Central
Committee of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) approved a decision on
“major issues concerning comprehensively deepening reforms” at the close
of their four-day meeting.

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ugust 8th, the Edinburgh International Festival is an annual festival
of performing arts in Edinburgh, Scotland, from around the middle
of August. In fact, there are 12 main International Festivals hold in
Edinburgh. The International Festival brings top class performers of
music, theatre, opera and dance from around the world to perform. The
festival also hosts a series of visual art exhibitions, talks and workshops.
During this period, more than 25,000 artists, actors and thinkers gather in
the city, more than 1,000 performances on the state daily.

ctober 14th, Visa applications for
Chinese visitors entering the UK
will be simplified, Chancellor George
Osborne has announced. There are three
visa schemes: First, under the plan,
Chinese nationals visiting the EU will
not need to submit separate UK visa
applications if they book with selected
travel agents. Second, a 24-hour “super
priority” visa service will also be
available in the future. Third, A VIP visa
service. Visa rules for Chinese coming to
the UK will be relaxed to encourage
more Chinese tourists coming.

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eptember 19th, Vodafone London Fashion Week took place in
Somerset House. It transformed into Britain’s most exclusive fashion
and designer shopping experience, brimming with catwalk shows, pop-up
shops, hair & beauty and educational panels from leading industry
experts. Style-savvy fashion lovers can get their autumn/winter wardrobe
fix from best-loved designer brands.

ovember 17th, Britain’s central
bank held its benchmark rate at 0.5
percent and voted to maintain its
program of economic stimulus at 375
billion pounds. Bank of England deputy
governor said: To keep the key
borrowing rate at this level, most of UK's
homes and businesses will have
confidence to borrow and to invest.He
added: “Britain's economy has out of the
mire of recession, but has not yet
returned to normal growth.”

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he financial services, transportation services, commerce and trade services, professional
services, cultural services, and public services sectors are selected to be enlarged and opened in
Shanghai Pilot FTZ. The market access restrictions such as requirements concerning the qualification
of investors, limitations on foreign participation, restrictions concerning business scope, will be
suspended or cancelled, in order to create an environment of equal market access for the benefit of all
investors. On 17th October Spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said the essence of the free trade
zone is policy innovation, through such innovation to expand room for economic growth and offer new
drive for reforms. Some foreign investment interests are encouraged by the hope that the negative list
will be pared down over time.
Let’s get to know Pilot Free-Trade Zone in China, what are the implications ? What is the determination for Chinese government to build the first free trade zone in Shanghai?

Major Tasks and Measures
1. Opening up of service sectors. The financial services, transporta-

Scope of Implementation

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he China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone is
comprised of the four customs supervision
areas, including Shanghai Waigaoqiao Bonded Zone,
Waigaoqiao Bonded Logistics Zone, Yangshan
Bonded Port and Shanghai Pudong Airport Free
Trade Zone, and based on the ongoing results of the
implementation , as well as to develop industry and
the need to spur the radiating effect, the scope of
implementation and the scope of the pilot measures
will be progressively expanded, forming a supporting mechanism for building Shanghai as an
international economic, finance, trade and transportation center.

tion services, commerce and trade services, professional services,
cultural services, and public services sectors are selected to be
enlarged and opened, and market access restrictions such as
requirements concerning the qualification of investors, limitations
on foreign participation, restrictions concerning business scope,
will be suspended or cancelled, in order to create an environment
of equal market access for the benefit of all investors.
2. Explore the “Negative List” administrative approach. The China

(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will reform the administrative
approach of foreign investment based on international norms.
Trial national treatment on investment permission and a “Negative
List” mechanism will be implemented within the zone. For the
projects that are not stated in the “Negative List,” foreign
investors and domestic investors will receive the same treatment,
by going through filing procedures instead of approving
3. Set up a system to support outbound investment. The China

(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone is aiming at the reform of
outbound investment administration by principally implementing
the filing system on the setup of overseas companies and on the

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6. Accelerate the innovation of the financial system. Under proper
general outbound investment projects. The Shanghai Municipal
risk control, the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will pilot
People's Government will be in charge of the filing procedure on
RMB capital account convertibility, interest rate liberalization,
general outbound investment projects to facilitate the convenience
and the cross-border use of RMB. In China (Shanghai) Pilot Free
on outbound investment.
Trade Zone, the assets by the financial institutions will be at
4. Promote the transformation and upgrading of trade. The China
market rate. The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will
(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone is cultivating new trading types
explore the trial of a foreign exchange administrative system that
and functions, aiming to increase China's competitive advantage
is in line with international practice to better facilitate trade and
and enhance their position in the global trade value chain by
investment.
focusing on the development of technology, brands, quality and
7. Enhance the financial service function. The finance sector will be
service. More efforts will be made to promote Shanghai as the
international trade settlement center, and to expand the function of
fully opened to private investors and foreign invested financial
the special account on cross-border receipt or payment and
institutions. Foreign-invested and Sino-foreign equity joint
financing under trade in service.
venture banks will be allowed to incorporate in the China
(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
5. Elevate the capacity of the shipping service. Transition and LCL
businesses will be further promoted. Foreign ships owned or
8. Strengthen protection through regulatory system enhancements. A
indirectly owned by Chinese invested companies are allowed to
regulatory system of high standard investment and trade rules will
pilot the coastal shipping between domestic coastal ports
be developed rapidly to serve the needs of the China (Shanghai)
Waigaoqiao, Yangshan and Shanghai Pudong International
Pilot Free Trade Zone. In regard to the content of the pilot, some
Airport is encouraged to increase the number of flights for cargo
administrative regulations and provisions in the State Council’s
transition. The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will
documents will be terminated according to the prescribed
implement the international ship registration policy. The
procedures. The government departments shall support the
application process on permitting international shipping will be
expansion and opening of service industry in the China (Shanghai)
simplified to create a more efficient ship registration system.
Pilot Free Trade Zone, the deepening of pilot reforms on the
implementation of “National Treatment” on investment permission and “the Negative List” management approach, and solve the
problems in regulatory protection during the pilot period.

Opening.” Enterprises are allowed to bring goods into the
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone with import manifests
before completing the customs declaration formalities with
entry and exit record list. The simplification on entry and exit
record list as well as the formalities on international transit,
LCL and distribution business will be explored. The
supervision techniques and approaches will be improved to
pilot the model of “import quarantine and relaxed import/export inspection.” The construction of relatively separated

goods trading area (focusing on trade facilitation) and service
trade area (focusing on opening up of service sectors) will be
explored. Under the condition of ensuring effective supervision, a categorized supervision model will be explored to
monitor goods based on their import status. With respect to
exploration on function expansion, under the condition of
strict implementation of tax collection on imported and
exported goods, exhibition and trading platforms for bonded
goods may be set up within specified areas of China
(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
2. Strictly enforce “Second-tier Effective and Efficient Control.”

The Customs administration process will be optimized while
the administration of “frontier” (i.e. goods flow between
overseas and the zone) and “second-tier” (i.e. goods flow
between the zone and other domestic areas) will be coordinated by improvement on e-information network, entry and exit
record lists cross check, accounting books management,
physical verification, and risk analysis. An inspection and
quarantine model of “easily import and export, with strict
quality and safety risk control” will be promoted. Actions will
be taken to strengthen the management of electronic Customs

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books and facilitate the smooth flow of goods moving between the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone and other
domestic places in the charge of different Customs offices. Enterprises within the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade
Zone in principle will be allowed to re-invest and conduct business outside of the zone without geographic restriction,
unless specific procedures required under the applicable laws and regulations. The government will enhance the
connection of enterprises' operation information and the government's supervision system, through which effective
supervision can be realized through risk monitoring, third-party management and security deposits etc. The government will, through the development and utilization of Shanghaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credit system, accelerate the formulation of policies
and mechanism in respect of enterprises' business credit management and exclusive jurisdiction of business activities.
3. Enhance cooperation among authorities. Under the principle of protecting national security and fair competition in the

market, collaboration will be strengthened between the relevant departments and the Shanghai Municipal People's
Government to improve the capability to protect the economic and social security. The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free
Trade Zone will collaborate with relevant departments of the State Council to strictly implement the provisions in
respect of anti-monopoly investigations. In order to streamline supervision, cooperation among various government
bodies will be enhanced, including that between the Customs, Inspection & Quarantine, Industry & Commerce,
Taxation, Foreign Exchange and other administrative authorities. The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will set
up a port supervision institution with integrated functions, and explore the feasibility of applying an electronic
monitoring system and setting up of effective risk management system.
4. Implement tax policies to boost investment. For enterprises or individual shareholders registered in the China

(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone that carry out investment using non-monetary assets, the income tax payable due to
the increase in asset valuation can be paid by installments within a five-year period. Where enterprises within the
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone award highly-skilled employees or employees in short supply by means of
shares or capital contributions, the relevant individual income tax may be paid by installments as same as the policies
piloted in Zhongguancun.
5. Implement tax policies to promote trade. Financial leasing companies registered or project companies set up by

financial leasing companies with registration in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone may enjoy the pilot
policies of export tax refund for qualified financial leasing business. Import VAT and consumption taxes will be
applicable in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, on the products manufactured or processed by a company
within the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone but sold to the Mainland China outside of the China (Shanghai)
Pilot Free Trade Zone. Enterprises will be provided with the option of calculating import duty according to the duty
rates applicable to the finished goods or the imported parts. Currently, the imported machines, equipment and other
goods required by manufacturing enterprises as well as manufacturing service companies that are set up in the China
(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, may be exempt from import taxes, other than those imported by consumer services
companies or those which cannot enjoy import taxes exemption as stipulated in laws and regulations. Tax refund
policies on the port-of-departure will be improved, and the expansion on pilot scope will be studied.

(1) Qualified foreign financial institutions will be allowed to set up wholly foreign-owned banks and Sino-foreign equity
joint venture banks with eligible private capital within the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Restricted license
banks will be allowed to be incorporated under certain conditions.
(2) Qualified Chinese banks will be allowed to conduct offshore business under the condition of improving related
regulations and enhancing supervision.

(1) There is no minimum registered capital requirement for
a project company (i.e. single-ship/aircraft company)
set up by financial leasing companies within the China
(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
(2) Financial leasing companies will be allowed to conduct
commercial factoring that are related to its primary
businesses.

(1) Limitations on foreign participation in Sino-foreign equity joint venture and
Sino-foreign cooperative joint venture international shipping enterprises will be
relaxed. The transport administrative authorities of the State Council shall be in
charge of the rulemaking.
(2) Foreign ships owned or indirectly owned by Chinese-invested companies are
allowed to pilot the coastal shipping between domestic coastal ports and
Shanghai port.

Subject to the network information security, qualified FIEs will be allowed to engage in specific value added
telecommunication services. Approval by the State Council is required if the limitations exist in current administrative regulations.

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Entertainment and gaming consoles sales and
service (Classification of National Economic
Industries: F Wholesale and retailing – 5179
Wholesale of other mechanical and electronic
products)

Opening up
measures

FIEs will be allowed to engage in the
manufacturing and sales of entertainment
and gaming consoles. The consoles with
content passing the censorship by the culture
administrative authorities will be allowed to
be sold in the domestic market.

4. Professional Services
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Lawyer service (Classification of National
Economic Industries: L Leasing and business
service – 7221 Lawyers and related legal
service)

Opening up
measures
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Credit inquiry (Classification of National Economic Industries: L Leasing and business
service – 7295 Credit service)

Opening up
measures
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Sino-foreign equity joint venture tourism companies registered in the China (Shanghai) Pilot
Free Trade Zone will be allowed to engage in overseas tourism business activities, with the
exception of Taiwan.

Human resources service (Classification of National Economic Industries: L Leasing and
business service – 7262 Professional intermediary service)

Opening up
measures

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Incorporation of foreign invested credit information companies will be allowed.

Cooperative mechanism between Chinese
and foreign law firms will be explored.

(1) Setup of Sino-foreign equity joint venture human resources agencies will be allowed with
the foreign participation at 70% or below. Investors from Hong Kong and Macau will be
allowed to set up wholly foreign-owned human resources agencies.
(2) The minimum registered capital for foreign invested human resources agencies will be
reduced from USD300,000 to USD125,000.

Incorporation of foreign-invested joint-stock holding companies will be allowed.

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Engineering design (Classification of National Economic Industries: M
Scientific research and technology service company â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7482 Engineering
investigation and design)

Opening up
measures

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Foreign-invested engineering design (excluding engineering survey)
companies registered in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone may
be waived from the requirement to provide the investor's previous
project records on initial application of the relevant qualifications for
those applicants providing services in Shanghai.

Wholly foreign-owned construction enterprises registered within the
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will be allowed to conduct
Sino-foreign joint construction projects in Shanghai regardless of the
extent of foreign participation in the project.

Medical service (Classification of National Economic Industries: Q Health and social work – 8311 General
hospital, 8315 Specialized hospital, 8330 Out-patient department)

Opening up
measures

Establishment of wholly foreign-owned medical institutions will be allowed.

Note: The opening up measures above only applicable to the enterprises registered within the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free
Trade Zone.

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he
China
(Shanghai)
Pilot FTZ
pioneers an
unprecedented
degree of
openness in
relation to
foreign
investment
and
international
trade in
goods and
services,
finance,
taxes,

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he Past and the Future
of Taiwanese
Financial City
By Cheng

March 2009 the City of London Corporation announced the investigation of 62 global financial
centers. A survey found that all financial cities are affected by the global financial turmoil, no
exception. Taipei is the first time included in the survey ranked 41. In September the same year, the
City of London Corporation announced focusing on the survey of 75 global financial centers,
Taipei was ranked 24 soared up to 17. In 2010 Taipei was ranked to 21 from 25 in which it was in
September 2009.It can clearly be seen the important position in the global financial of Taipei.

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aipei the city created by Taiwan, besides the
well-known delicious food, also has the economic
impact that can not be ignored in the world today,what
process of development makes this small island has such
unique power? How did Taipei exert the local glamor to
become Taiwan's economy humanities development
headlights and as the global vision illuminate this bustling
city? Let us explore this Taiwanese financial city's development context from the past to the future.

Began as tea export
into the world economy

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oday the Taiwanese island is the most booming city Taipei, in fact, until the early Qing Dynasty is a developed
slowly wilderness area, Taiwan's political and economic center of
gravity originally began from the south. Until Taipei big lakes
deposited into Taipei Basin, southern Taiwanese people gradually
reclaimed north, they found that north down terrain suitable for
planting great amounts of tea, it can be exported to make profit,
Taiwan's economic and political center of gravity began to move
northward gradually.

After domination of Japan and China, Taipei region development was at its peak, until now it is still the most popular in
Taiwan, the construction of the most developed region. Around
1860s, tea, sugar and, camphor are the three output products.
Taiwan began into the world economy, less than a decade,
Taiwan from the trade deficit into surplus, goverment carried
out large scale construction, in addition to Shanghai in China,
Taipei became the only place that have wires and tap water,
also Taiwan was the first place to have postal and the longest
railway.
Taipei because of the tea production linked with the world
economic system in 1866, Taipei Tataocheng District
manufactured oolong tea exported to the United States as
Formasa tea brand, it also opened up the European market,
“Taiwan tea” became a well-known international beverage,
suddenly tea shops, tea houses and tea stations everywhere,
overflowing with tangy tea. Tataocheng became a worldwide
famous tea market, it also became a financial city of Taiwan at
that time, foreign traders multinationals began to set up
branches in Tataocheng. The governor in Tataocheng implemented many modernization, however Tataocheng from drying
rice plaza transformed into acommercial center . Although

there is no grand official building, but the locals with the
ability to make money created a lot of Western-style buildings,
many buildings deliberately created Easternand Western
merged Taiwanese style, so far Dihua Street in Taipei,
Yanping North Road stillretained many features of this
building, the formation of ancient and modern staggered
alternative views, also it has became one of the important
sights that witness the booming track of Taiwanese past trade.

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10 Major

Construction Projects

It has gone through
several migration of
economic gravity

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ă&#x20AC;&#x20AC; n the 1960s, the government actively seeked foreign
investment in Taiwan, the proportion of Taiwan's national
economy in industry begins to exceed agriculture, there with
Taiwan was the role as the processing relay station became a
part of the international division of labour. After that until the
first oil crisis, for long-term Taiwan maintained average
double-digit annual economic growth rate, also maintained
long-term prosperity of trade surplus situation.
In the early 1970s, Taiwan's diplomatic setback due to the oil
crisis and other factors, private investment decreased,
economic growth was impacted, therefore government
adjusting the economic policies, launched a series of ten major
construction projects the large-scale public investment
programs, domestic investment environment improvement, the

economy and employment rates werelifted, Taiwan became a
newly industrialized country, was also with Hong Kong,
Korea and Singapore tied for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four Asian Tigers.â&#x20AC;?
In the late 1980s, Taiwan was facing land prices rise, environmental awareness and consciousness of labour and a series of
factors that are not conducive to investment, so once again the
government promoted economic restructuring, established
Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park in 1980, srongly
encourages domestic and foreign manufacturers to invest
integrated circuits, computers and other high-tech industries,
hoping to reduce energy consumption, low pollution technology-intensive technology industry to replace the traditional
industries, the traditional labour-intensive industry has
gradually been replaced by the high-tech industry, most of the
computer electronic components in the world are produced in
Taiwan, the Republic of China, Taiwanese electronics industry
was just like the tea industry in those days, in the world
economy plays a pivotal role, therefore Taiwanese economy
was more international.

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The development of
the Taipei financial city

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rom Taiwan's past economic development context, it
can see Taiwan's foreign trade has been an important
economic lifeline, Taipei was the trade business center also was
highlighted in aninternational fame, Xinyi District-among national
business people frequent contacts, how did it become an international trading hub?
Xinyi District, that was located in east Taipei is the trade center of
Taiwan---- World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, TWTC Exhibition Hall, 1990 Taipei City Government City Hall, Xinyi District
administration building, etc. after administrative authorities have
also entered, Xinyi District has become the political and economic
center of Taipei city, in the vision of “Taipei Manhattan” the area
was focused to welcome multinational financial institutions,
high-tech information industry.
With the world's tallest building Taipei 101 financial building
operations completed in 2004, coupled with high-speed roads and
subway transportation network, also main office buildings, such as
China Trust, China Petroleum, International Financial Center and
Taipei international financial center have gradually completed the
construction, this area became one of Taiwan's leading commercial center, these commercial organizations not only promote the
prosperity of Xinyi District, but also let Taipei city gravity
successfully move eastward and achieve greater development
hinterland.
Plus Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store, Warner Village
Cinema and other international shopping center stationed, Taipei
city business district and exclusive residential district officially
declared move eastward to Xinyi District. With the transport
network gradually throughout, the overall environmental
improvement plan, the area by a floor price of one square meter is
one million NT dollars became the new luxury group stationed in
the area.

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101
Construction significance Brought Taipei to the world

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t was the world's tallest building, Taipei 101 is located in the central
business district of Taipei-Xinyi District, this skyscraper basis on a BOT in
1997 from Taipei City Government to obtain this public land development
rights, in 2003 complete the construction, at that time the height was higher
than the world's first high Petronas Towers in Malaysia. Originally it was
intended to complement the Government's “Asia-Pacific operations center”
policies to build a financial services facilities, and then into a comprehensive
commercial buildings, next to the main building there are six floors, about 60
meters high “podium,” main planning for the shopping center, ground floor
there are all kinds of exotic gourmet snacks, 1-5 Floors, mostly well-known
international brand counters, attracted many shopping crowds; the main
building is a commercial rental use, major financial insurance, foreign
companies coming to the 101 high-rise make it commercial office space.
Taipei 101 is in a soft geological seismic zone, windproof and shockproof
construction technology has become one of its major highlights. About
shockproof the building, based on a 380 bedrock depthof 20 meters or
more piles to support the weight of the structure, the whole building steel
structure weighing one hundred and seven thousand tons, it became one of
the world's leading steel consumption building; about windproof between
the 87-92 floors, it got the world's largest windpassive damping system
(Tunned Mass Damper), it can significantly reduce the tower in a strong
wind the swing shift. Therefore, Taipei 101 can with stand 17 strong
winds and frequent earthquakes shaking, the building was also named in
the first of “Seven Engineering Wonders of the World” by Discovery
Channel.
In addition, it is also the world's tallest green building, while architects
in the design stage of Taipei 101, implant the injection of environmentally friendly eco concept to the control system, including double
insulated glass curtain wall, transportation and waste reduction
systems, energy management control systems. Taipei 101 broke a lot
of records, it also broke the Guinness world record for the fastest
elevator, the speed of 1,010 meters per minute, 37 seconds per trip
uplink and 46 secondsdownlink. Taipei 101 was designed by an
advocating oriental classical art architect CY Lee, in fact, the most
important construct meaning is “Bringing Taipei to the world,” This
Hope Project from the outset the building name has far-reaching
implications, “101” this name, in addition points out the total
number floors of the building, also the apex in its field.
Look the exterior, each layer is clear, from 27 to 90 floors which is
a total of sixty-fourfloors, eight floors in a layer, a total of eight
layers, accord to Chinese unique auspicious number “eight” which

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square shape was inspired by China's “Ding.” Also for Chinese
people, it's a representatives of a noble character manbamboo. Each section of the top of the arc expand bring up a
thriving atmosphere, upward appearance associate the rich
flowers, achieve “a flower a world, a stage a Tathagata, stage
and stage are the world, step and step are the future” this
creative idea. Coordinate Taipei 101 financial topics, on
the24-27 floors appearance decorate with a diameter nearly
four-storey square hole shape like ancient coins, hope Taiwan's
economy could have been rising and vigorous upward. Chinese
and Western combination work shows the designer's concept
wanted to bring Taipei to the international world, just as
TAIPEI 101 claimed build and design a representative
high-rise building, the most difficult part is not construction
technology but cultural manifestations, 101 skyscrapers tried
to balance the regional culture and international cultural
manifestations.

Challenges facing

City of London Corporation Mayor - Sir David Lewis visited
Taipei in 2008, he said, Taiwan andChina due to geographic
proximity, close trade, In contrast, the volume of trade with the
EU is still lots of space at the market, if Taiwanese businessmen want long-term diversification business, can go to Europe
lay out. Learn from Britian, Mayor Sir David Lewis said: as a
global financial center, not by dazzling building, but that can
attract talented people to work, hundreds of thousands
offoreign talent is an important asset in London's financial
industry. Hong Kong and Singapore, the same as Taiwan lack

of resources, are relying on talented people joining this
important international financial city, he believes that as long as
Taipei is able to relax immigration rules, it will be able to
attract more international talented people to boost the economy.
In fact, in 2009 the U.S. investment environment risk ratings,
Taipei is ranking fifth in the world, 85% of Taiwanese bank
headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan still has a solid foreign
exchange reserves, how to make good use of making the
investment environment more flexible in order to attract foreign
investment, will be a major test of the ruler from now to the
future.

in the future

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tand higher for seeing further, however in the Taipei 101
glorious moments of construction, in 2001 Taiwan
joined the World Trade Organization-WTO, Taiwanese
domestic market remained open, a large number of foreign
products impact the domestic product, especially agricultural
and livelihood industry. While reducing production costs,
many companies left and went to China and southeast asia,
caused by industrial hollowing out phenomenon. Economic
liberalization also caused domestic financial industry is highly
competitive, causing potential financial risks and other issues.

By Xiang Feizi

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Possibly the Best
Living Writer in Britain?

eoff Dyer

was unveiled in Shanghai Book Fair
Geoff Dyer is named as quite possibly the best living writer in Britain by Daily
Telegraph, his published works 《But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz》,《Yoga
For People Who Cant’ Be Bothered To Do It》etc, which have won a number
of literary awards such as The Somerset Maugham Award, National Book
Critics Circle Award for Criticism, Winner of the 2004 W H Smith Best Travel
Book Award, Winner of the E. M. Forster Award. He wrote about a wide range
of topics include Music, Literature, Film, Travel, Photograph. Critics believe his
writings are elegant, sensitive, witty, clever, good in humor and profound
themes. Known as the best British writer Geoff Dyer was unveiled in Shanghai
Book Fair in China.

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eoff Dyer 55, described himself as an atypical British
writer. He is always on casual shirt and sandals.
Geoff believes that he is now the state of freedom of writing
and travel - not writing while traveling, nor for travel and
writing. He wrote about a wide range of topics include
Music, Photograph, Film. Combination of fiction, travel,
biography, reviews, memoirs and other genres blended to
form of fascinating “Geoff Dyer.”
“I am the only child in my family, I always feel lonely.”
Geoff talked about his childhood experiences. Graduated
from University in Oxford, Geoff did not become a middle
class instead of being a writer. He said “The best thing in
University is it did not have many lectures, and seminar only
once a week, I could do things that I want at any time.” Geoff
called himself as a lazy person, so writing blends with his
life. “Creation is a part of my life, the shadow of my own
life is visible in the creation.”
To talk about travel literature, Geoff said his parents have
never flown in an aircraft, in his own childhood idea was
“like a tree does not move.” And when he began reading, he
realized that how big the world is, there is too much needs to
be understood, then he started traveling. Geoff said, the
biggest attraction about travel is that you can be in a foreign

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Possibly the Best Living Writer in Britain? Geoff Dyer was Unveiled in Shanghai Book Fair

country for a long time, this experience
can either maintain your habit which has
been formed and you can still try to
explore new things. “For instance, in this
world there are so many countries, but I
come from one of the richest countries.
Sometimes I go to some places, no matter
how poor the people are, surprisingly you
would never robbed or be eaten.”
Geoff said when he began traveling, he
just realized that the life in the UK should
not be the same way as he used to be, he
started to understand it. Although Geoff
known as a but he does not like this
classification approach: “In England, if
you go to a bookstore, you'll see a lot of
literature on the shelves close , various
types of history, so if you like this kind of
classification, then a good bookstore has
given you a roadmap, of course, this is also
helpful, but I prefer uncertainty, or those
books you cannot find a place on the guide
map.” In his view, the limitations of a
writer's work in some form of literary
category is not appropriate, the authors
should be given greater freedom in
creation.
Geoff Dyer is often described as an
“uncategorizable” writer, because of his
hostility to a well-policed border between

fiction and nonfiction. These books
combined authenticity and falsehoods both
related to his interests in the past.《But
Beautiful: A Book about Jazz》 he wrote
about jazz, the history of many famous
jazz musicians all appeared, but it is still
difficult to tell in the end of story what is
true or false.
With some model of writing, Geoff did
enjoy it also. Like travel literature which
already has a very fixed pattern, one
typical pattern is to find a deceased person
or literary figures, follow their footsteps
and see what has changed. He always
wants make a change and innovation. He
wrote a book about supermarket shopping
cart round the world. “I hope to make the
readers thinking when they read, this book
is not a fiction or a prose. What kind of
this book? How should I read it? Who can
answer these questions are only readers
themselves.”
Italian Italo Calvino's novel 《Invisible
Cities》has brought a significant
influence to Geoff. “I want to write a novel
like this. When you start reading it, you
will think this is a detective story, but
keeping reading you find that it is the
imagination of the world, some scenes
become more surreal, but the process does

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not make people feel awkward. The key
point is that it is not the story, but rather a
technique used to generate a gradient plot.”
“To set the transition gently and imagination and reality become fill with details.
When writing surreal story, tone should
not be changed, this will make people in
the real but not perceive between its
surreal fantasies.” Geoff said.
The first existentialist philosopher Soren
Kierkegaard wrote a sentence: “The knight
is separated from his companions and lost
in the wilderness in which he now finds
himself.” These words have been put on
《The Search》its title page by Geoff.
This indicates that《The Search》
philosophizing : “People are looking for
themselves eventually.” To expound the
wisdom was not the original intention of
writing the novel. “I wrote this book, the
original intention was to focus on how to
narrate the story, rather than explain how
profound philosophy is. Maybe at the end
it contains philosophical meaning, but my
mind does not mean so.”

《Otherwise Known as the Human
Condition》The title of the book may
imply a narrative in sarcasm. It is
reminiscent of the theory of rigid analysis,
but in fact hiding under the cover is soft
and humane character. In which he told
people where to buy the best donuts and
croissants, how to get a perfect coffee.
“This is what I really care about in life.”
Geoff said.
In the end of Book Fair Geoff said “I have
always been not to consider some of
themes nor to consider the meaning of
death and other issues, the more I care
about in life is some kind of tiny things.
These details might even be a bit boring,
but those less significant things are
transformed to essential details. That’s the
way it goes in life and world.”

“Jane Eyre” is Not Simple, Have an Exotic Love Across the Ancient and Modern

“ Jane Eyre “ is Not Simple
Have an Exotic Love
Across the Ancient and Modern
by Tinky

Movie “Journey to the West. Moonlight,” “there is a story:” If you want to set a deadline for love, I
hope it is ten thousand years. Exaggerated promise easier said than done, but in reality, how many
people can beat seven year Itch curse? Whether eternal love simply does not exist as the elixir? We
are still in doubt, meanwhile someone had already found the key to maintain love forever and
freshness. Now let's talk about this timeless love story - the modern ballet drama “Jane Eyre.”
It's not only the combination of literature and dance, but also the innovation performance of Chinese
and Western fusion culture, read the story of deep meaning, you would find everything is not so
simple, also discover the hidden secret of love story, that is the secret to preserve love fresh by
centuries.

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The Breakthrough of Love

“

J

ane Eyre” is a beautiful love story, people are
fascinated by the author who made a women
image of perseverance, refined and attractive. In the
19th century Britian, there was no “feminism” concept,
it was completely subvert the traditional thinking, from
today's perspective to compare with Romeo and Juliet
dramatic fatal Love, is even closer to the era and closer
to the trend, not with platitudes feeling.
The time of 19 century Britian, the status of women is
low, the traditional view that women should stay at

home to take care of children, do household chores, they
should not set foot in society, and shouldn't do outdoor
activities. Therefore, the writer Charlotte Bronte
deliberately chosen a masculine name for her pen
name, even boldly let “feminism” consciousness
infiltrated the novel, breaking the limitation
of women is weak and living for men,
let readers to view woman in a new
light, also encouraged girls are
brave to pursue their love.

“Jane Eyre” Synopsis
“

J

ane Eyre”, a girl's life miserable and rough.
Orphaned at an early age, adopted by her uncle,
unfortunately, a year later, her uncle passed away, the
task of taking care of Jane Eyre falls upon to her harsh
aunt, so she grew up suffering from bullying, never
tasted true love. Until she was ten, her aunt sent her to a
charity school for receiving orphan girls, to let her fend
by herself.

married, an
unexpected
intruder broke
into the church,
claiming that the
wedding cannot be
conducted, the reason is
Rochester married his
sister Bertha 15 years
ago, Rochester admited
With a strong will, Jane Eyre finally completed her
studies; in eight years, she came from a student
this fact. So the truth is promoted to the school teacher. But two years later, she a corner of this manor was
can not stand the loneliness and indifference there, she lived in by a crazy woman that
decided to leave the place where she grew up, to
is his legal wife Bertha.
Thornfield manor be a tutor.
“Jane Eyre” left Thornfield manor heartbrokenly, and
expandJane Eyre on the way to Thornfield manor, her first time ed her endless rove.
to meet the manor owner of Rochester, a cantankerous
man, who was nearly twenty years older than her. Since When she returned to Thornfield manor again, the entire
he met her, he believed the girl in front of him is his
estate had become a ruin. Few months ago, Rochester's
wife the mad woman fired the house, for saving her,
soul companion. Afterward, Jane Eyre started thrilling
love affection with him. Although they two truly loved Rochester was burned and blinded. Jane Eyre learned all
of this, running in the ruins, looking for, full of fear, loss
each other, but attributed to traditional constraints, the
disparity of identity, status and age between them, it is
and grief, finally Jane and blind Rochester met each other
not easy to be together. The day when they were
again, love rekindled.

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“Jane Eyre” Synopsis

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n innovative work, achieved a brand-new performance. Shanghai Ballet in 2012, used “Jane Eyre” novel as a
blueprint, created a modern ballet drama, to follow the “bold” style of author, combine the 19th century British
literary masterpiece and dance, plus the oriental elements, creating the feeling of freshness that we are always expecting
and pursuing, with this love across time and space, geography and language, no time limit preservation.

Poetic Love

D

ance is poetry! Sometimes abstract, up and down full of infectious;
sometimes graceful, every movement shows poetic form. Story is a
painting! The form structure and illusion, each scene is beautiful, Rich emotion
flowing from each word and sentence, delicate sections are worth seeing a
hundred times. When poetic and pictorial splendour are together, changes in the
highest level of dance.
Be bold to delete all the texts and using another form to tell a story is a great
challenge! Inject the Western classic into Eastern beauty, to make a harmonious
effection of Chinese and Western works, it's hard work! The ballet drama invited
outstanding choreographer Patrick de Bana, screenwriter Rongjun Yu, and stage
designer Jerome Kaplan worked together, to break down the barrier of text. In a
global language “dance” elaborates Jane Eyre delicate emotions. Because the
essence of ballet is poetry, painting, line art, a noble language, dancer without
saying a word, can touch every audience, no matter what race, language or
cultural backgrounds, can drive the same emotions, feel the emotions of the story
masters synchronously, not only an art, but a spiritual communication.

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Not Afraid of Difficulties' Love

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he Shanghai Ballet has been known for
classical ballet, but this show they broke the
custom of Classic with classical, make a “subversive”
challenge. Information shows that on 10th September
2012, the troupe started rehearsals spent a total of 70
days front stage and backstage to endow the new vitality
to “Jane Eyre,” which includes the director's dedication
and actors' variorum.

They described this ballet drama in the “manor and the
city,” “reason and madness,” “luxury and original”
formed a delightful contrast in stage, highlighting the
refined elegance of Shanghai style. This London trip, as
one of China's five major ballet, the dancers wanted to
show the world, they have reached the international
level, in line with the trend of world ballet art.

The dancers specialize in classical ballet who are not
accustomed to the action of contemporary ballet style,
body movement and muscle strength control, they spent
two months with intensive training to adapt to a new
style of performance, bringingt surprises and stunning
the audience.

Background

of the Dancing Troupe

S
crew.

hanghai Ballet was founded in 1979, formerly
known as the folk ballet “White-Haired Girl”

Over forty years, “White-Haired Girl” became one of
the most important drama in their attempt to nationalize ballet, the establishment of the Shanghai Ballet
foundation, the play won the classic works of Chinese
20th century dance awards and holds the stage year
after year, further Shanghai Ballet established the
status of domestic first-class.
In 1986 Jiang Zemin (previous Chinese Prime
Minister) wrote an inscription to Shanghai Ballet: “I
wish Shanghai Ballet successfully perform on the
international stage.”

Since self regiment, Shanghai Ballet's young actors
successively was awarded 27 medals at the international Ballet Competition, in the domestic competition has
also made remarkable achievements. In addition to
perform in the entire country, the dancing troupe
established a wide range of friendly and cooperative
relations of arts groups and artists from home and
abroad, ever been to Japan, Korea, France, Canada, the
United States, Indonesia, New Zealand, Spain,
Singapore, Australia, etc countries, Hong Kong,
Macao, Taiwan, etc regions to perform, acclaimed by
domestic and foreign counterparts and audiences.
Profile: Shanghai Ballet official website

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Fresh Feeling of Love

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ith creative approach to reproduce the
original classic characters and classical
style, that is the requirements of creation from
Shanghai Ballet troupe, with simple, exquisite,
innovative stage design and aesthetic, modern ballet
vocabulary, portrays Jane, Rochester and Bertha the
three distinctive characters, and intensify the three
emotional relationship between love and hate.
Choreographer Patrick de Bara said, the novel took
place in the nineteenth century, with our modern eyes
to look at this story, is like to observe a past story
from a camera lens. If this nineteenth century story
identically repeatedly plays on the stage, it's better to
see the original novel itself.
So, they create a stage setting with Chinese style,
looks like a landscape painting, natural and smooth,
under the soft light shows the protagonist face full of
oriental beauty, dressed the minimalist tailoring not
luxury costumes, can't conceal her slender limbs.
Watching her stretch limbs, brisk jumping, revolving,
step ...... step by step lead the audiences into her
heart, while reflecting ballet manner, coordinate with
lights and music, the full atmosphere occupied the
stage every space, brought the Poetic and Pictorial
ed. Because it shows love does not limit by time, traditional but
Imagination to British audiences.
not conservative, innovat but nostalgic, a breakthrough mode of
To set a time limitation of this exotic love that across thinking, to find more posibilities out of the frame; This is the
the ancient and modern, the answer may be unlimit- secret recipe to keep love fresh.

“Jane Eyre”
Ballet Drama Existing Profile

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n 18th and 19th November 2012, in
Shanghai Grand Theatre the 14th Shanghai
International Arts Festival closing series of performances for the world premiere, creating the premiere
of Shanghai original drama that a ticket is hard to get.

14th to 18th August 2013, the play performed in Britain
prestigious theater ENO (English National Opera). “Jane Eyre” in
the “home” for the first time showed on stage in the form of
ballet, Artists from oriental give “Jane Eyre” the new annotation
and interpretation.

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Artist Profile
Shanghai Ballet chief actress, State First-Class Artist Pingping Ji who plays Jane Eyre
In 1986 - She entered the Ballet Branch of Shanghai Dance School, graduated in 1992 and entered Shanghai
Ballet as an actress
In November 2000 - She won the youth group Women Award of the ninth Paris International Ballet Competition
In 2002 - She won the fourth “Top Ten Shanghai Cultural newcomer” title of the new Long March in Shanghai
In 2003 - She was awarded Shanghai the “Thirty-eight red flag hand” title
In 2006 - She was invited to participate the first Asian Ballet Festival in Seoul, South Korea
In July 2009 - “Regalia Carnival” was organized - Pingping Ji and Hu -Sheng Wu special ballet performance
In 2009 - She won the seventh Chinese dance “Lotus Award” the Bronze award of Ballet, Dance and Poetry ballet
performances
In 2011 - She won the annual artist honors award and Leading Role Prize of Shanghai Magnolia Drama Prize

Shanghai Ballet chief actress, State First-Class Artist Xiaofeng Fan who plays Bertha Mason
In 1989 - She entered the Ballet Branch of Shanghai Dance School, graduated in July 1992 and entered Shanghai
Ballet as an actress.
In October 1995 - She attend the first Shanghai International Ballet Competition and won the Junior Women Silver
Award
In 1999 - She won the second annual “Top Ten Shanghai Cultural newcomer” title
In July 2000 - She won the 19th International Ballet Competition in Varna of youth group Women Award
In August 2001 - She won the Youth Division Women Award second session of the Shanghai International Balle
Competition, and with her partner Sun-Yi Shen won the Best Couple Award
From 2004 to 2005 - She was invited to Australian National Ballet as a visiting principal performer
In 2006 - She was invited to participate the first Asian Ballet Festival in Seoul, South Korea
In February 2008 - “Regalia Carnival” was organized - Sun-Yi Shen and Xiaofeng Fan special ballet performance
In 2011 - She won the 8th Chinese dance “Lotus Award” ballet, dance, poem Organizing Committee Special Award
In March 2012 - She award Shanghai Municipal Propaganda Department Issued “Shanghai Literature and Art
Honor Award”
February 2013 - She won Shanghai “Top Ten Dance artists” honorary title

Shanghai Ballet chief actor, State First-Class Artist Hu-Sheng Wu who plays Edward Rochester
In 1997 - He entered the Ballet Branch of Shanghai Dance School, graduated in July 2003 and entered Shanghai
Ballet as an actor.
In June 2004 - At the third Shanghai International Ballet Competition won the Junior Special Jury Award
In 2006 - He was invited to participate the first Asian Ballet Festival in Seoul, South Korea
In June 2007 - He won the first of men's group of the Ninth New York International Ballet Competition and
Eustace Yanukovich Special Jury Prize
In August 2007 - he won the gold medal of men's youth group in the fourth Shanghai International Ballet Competition
In July 2009 - “Stage Carnival” was organized - Pingping Ji and Hu -Sheng Wu special ballet performance; in the
same year he won the Silver award of the Ballet, Dance, Poem ballet performances in the seventh
Chinese dance “Lotus Award”
In 2010 - He won the Annual Award for Most Promising of Municipal Propaganda Department “Regalia Carnival”
In 2011 - He won the Silver award of the Ballet, Dance, Poem ballet performances in the 8th Chinese dance “Lotus
Award” in the same year he won the Shanghai Dancers Association “2011 Shanghai Dance outstanding young actor”
In April 2012 - He was awarded the eighth “Shanghai Culture newcomer” title; in June he went to Germany to participate in
Hamburg Ballet “Nijinsky” Ballet evening performances;
In July - He was awarded the Shanghai propaganda “excel” outstanding communist; In the same year obtain the Shanghai
Federation of Trade Unions issued the “Shanghai Labor Medal”; Won the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee
Propaganda Department issued the 2011 annual Shanghai Literature and Art Honor Award; and was named “2012
Shanghai leading talent”

The Play of
olour

C

By Fanghan Sun

A canvas, a brush, a few painting oils allow great
passion embrace me. I have been constantly experimented and explored the techniques of Chinese
painting, fusing the color of oil painting to pursue a
new language of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;contemporary Chinese painting.

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The Play of Colour

I nt erv i ew

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made Yu Chuan's acquaintance at the end of 2012. The tone of his work
is rich yet not gaudy; he adopts heavy oil painting brush strokes to spill
out as plash of Zen state. As the curator Yu Chuan’s exhibition, communication exhibition trivial is essential and pleasant to me due to his refined modesty
and sense of humor.
Sun: It’s glad to have our young artist, Mr. Yu Chuan here. I am wondering
what made you to choose painting as the path to pursue, it’s your nature or
who enlightened you?
Zhang: It seems I couldn’t grow up without brushes since my childhood.
My father is very fond of classical Chinese art, which turns out the walls of
my house are covered with Chinese calligraphies and paintings collection.
And because of my hyperactivity, I was forced to write 100 calligraph
characters every day, standing still in front of these Chinese painting and
immerse myself into them. All these gave me a profound impact.
After graduated from the sculpture department of National Taiwan University of Arts, I decided to get back from three-dimensional sculpture to
painting, exploring the relationshi p between color and canvas. Until now,
the painting naturally becomes a missionI have to achieve.
Sun: You use oil painting, a conventional western art media, to convey the
exquisite and elegance of Chinese literati paintings’ . What forms your
"integrated Western and Chinese" style? Would you like to share your
favorite artistic period or genre in history?
Zhang: I am interested in both the Eastern and Western art, but the
exploration start and destination point is the Chinese art as a criterion. This
may explain why my paintings, regardless of technical or subject adopted,
conveying a mood of Chinese literati painting.
The Song Dynasty painting could be my favorite; the ultimate appeal for
painting was self-cultivation rather than honing skills or for fame and
fortune at that time. Liang Kai, a famous artist in Song Dynasty, he could
present a character to life in just a few strokes, what he painted was not
merely a figure, but a detached sense of soul. I often feel my art sentiment
inese
painting and calligraphy. And what I can do is to inherit and develop the
ancients thinking, seeking a new visual language to render on canvas.
Sun: Well, wev’ e briefly discussed the historic dimensions’ impact on you
creations. Lets’ talk about the transverse dimension, wev’ e noticed you have
lived in Spain, Japan, Chinawhats’ the influence of diverse cultures on your
vel ,
where you blend various cultures in the palette and let the color slayers
overlap?
Zhang: "Decontextuali e" is a very interesting argument. I think, as an artist,
can experience art and culture of different countries is fantastic. I've been
looking for the color of collision, the inspiration of culture conflicts. I was
always very urgent to tear the original thinking open and to fill something
fresh after each tri p.
Speak of the cultural traits, I think that Spain is bold and imaginative, Japan
is restrained and clean. Significant differences produced the beauty of
collisions. I would like toput metaphor of my creation process as musical
notes. All I do is to feel the spiritual sublimation, when all the details are in
harmony, a painting emerges.

Sun: The scenes of your previous
exhibition in Shanghai..vibrant colors
of blooming flowers are still vivid in
mind. Recently, you presented us a
collection on Chinese mythical
animal theme. Willing to share why
you select this creation theme?
Zhang: I like quiet places, I want to
present the nature pattern of
objectsvia colors. The texture of
rocks, the bump of stream onto stone,
trees and flowers gives me infinite
inspirations. Chinese mythical animal
has always been one of my creative
themes, they can be considered as
the essence of Chinese culture, each
animal represents unique meaning.
Yet, they are fictional image after all;
I used a more liberal approach to
the animal sketch. As its appearance
cant’ be assured, I commenced from
reading the literal descri ption, and
put typical Chinese painting colors
on themgradually, these images
continue to appear in front of me.
Some of them are unconscious. I
think, only when unconscious things
appear, conscious and meaningful
things exist.
Sun: As an 80s’ artist, how do you
perceive the social phenomenon of
the prevailing of fast-food culture? In
terms of art heritage and development, or to the art environment in
China, do you feel you have certain
missions?
Zhang: I am an idealistic man. I
wont’ critici e or comment too much
on the culture state nowadays.
However, reflection is crucial. As the
junior of arts, with colliding with
pluralistic cultures, we need to
carefully examine our artistic ideas.
We have unique Chinese cultural
heritage, learning from the ancestors
is necessary. I think that practice is
essential at this stage.
You are eligible for subversion when
you study and reflect on the
heritage of history.

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u
Chuan

Y

u Chuan graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts. He
once lived in Spain, Japan and other countries for inspiration and
artistic creation. Now residing in Shanghai, Chuan combines Western
materials with Eastern culture and painting techniques. He also uses his
own innovative skills to make his paintings come alive by creating and
constructing a unique that mixes East and West.

Born
2005
2007
2008

October 1982, Taipei, Taiwan
Graduated from National Taiwan
University of Arts
Stayed in Spain for artistic creation
Stayed in Tokyo, Japan for artistic
creation

The circus series are the works exhibited in Tokyo, Japan. Life is like a
circus, and everyone must play a role well to keep a foothold in this
society. The truth is only known by ourselves, because we all live in the
life circus by us. The circus series satirize life, and the society.
Color is an important element to Yu Chuan’s work. He use both Chinese
brush technique and Western oil colors to express freedom and life on
canvas, Chinese painting techniques create a high degree of freedom with
its of splashing ink and other brush strokes. Uses of oil colors are used to
inspire a sense of happiness in the observer. His choices of natural colors
are meant to embody life itself. Chuan believes that “Every color in life
can be applied to painting.”
Chinese mythology is another important element in Yu Chuan’s artistry. A
choice of subjects like the dragon or phoenix is meant to draw the
observer into an inner reality. Taking from Buddhist scripture, the artist
believes, “a flower is a world, and a tree is the universe, ” and seeks to
express this truth through his paintings.
Yu Chuan combines materials, methods and a deep life philosophy to
create his own magic code of painting. Strokes are rough and powerful,
seeking to represent the balance of distinctiveness and indistinctiveness
we find in life. Chuan seeks to have his creations breathe through his use
of brush technique and choices of color. In addition his choices of sacred
animals are meant to draw out the mystery, freedom and vitality of life
itself. His works have always been created with such a relationship
between people and nature.
Artist creativity is driven by the spirit of freedom. Yu Chuan’s works
presents a breakthrough in the limits of oil painting. He paints with a more
rakish approach, inheriting the charm and ideas of Chinese painting. He
combines the color of Western painting with the artistic state of Chinese
art. Greatly praised by the art community, he creates an oil painting style
belonging to the Orient.

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Fashion

Chinese Women's Shoes on the International Stage, Walking Art of Sheme

sheme
Chinese Women's Shoes on the International Stage

Walking Art of Sheme
By Tinki

Sex and the City actress Kelly said, "Love is gone, but the shoes are forever." Women and
shoes are like a cup of tea or like shadow that never leave each other. They have closer
relathonship than lovers and friends. To have a pair of perfect shoes to wear in life is a dream
of most ladies. In front of high heels , they always become a connoisseur, with tender vision
to appreciate the shoe shape design, watching each details, with slender hands to touch it,
feel the temptation from the different materials, every time they see a pretty pair of unique
shoes, they would be like collectors, wanting to treasure for themselves.

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ST O RY
D

o you like to wear high heels?
Do you know where are they from ?

The First

statement: It's from short French
King Louis XIV of his inferiority.

In order to show the noble manner in front of
his minister and people, Louis XIV
Commanded his men customized a pair of
high heels. Since then, French nobility men
and women follow one after another, the
trend quickly spread throughout the European
continent.
In addition to these two interesting stories, high heels also achieve a
legend of an extraordinary woman. A woman who uses her life to make
shoes-Sheme brand founder Linda, during the fashion week in London,
specially taking the time to interview with us and share her story of
becoming famous, and takes the reader along with Sheme elegant pace,
went into this internationally renowned fashion week, look at this
China's first well-known luxury famous custom footwear brand Sheme
how to captured the hearts of all the customers.

The History of "She" and "Me"

s

he added Me, “She” has “Me” Sheme brand shows a
woman and shoes, the two can not be separated. “She”
is a friend of “Me” ,”She” has the story of “Me”, “She” is a
part life of “Me”. “She” is a pair of caring good shoes,
brand, founder Linda said, to have “She” is like having a
good man so important to be looked after.
In 1997, Linda travelled to Kenya, visiting a national park,
that day she saw a spectacular scene, that scene changed
her life; hundreds and thousands of flamingos appeared in
front of her eyes, reddish feathers covering the whole of the

The Second

statement: From the husband's

jealousy.

In the fifteenth century Venice, there was a
businessman afraid of going out of business,
beautiful wife would misbehave. Therefore,
he customized a pair of very high heel shoes
for her, hoping to obsruct her go out.
However, his wife saw this pair of fancy high
heels, she thought very interesting, also ask
her maid to accompany with her to walk
around the streets to shine. Afterwards,
people emulate her, high heels became very
popular.

land, their
swinging
red wings, as if to show their passion to the life, Linda's eyes
were shining saying “too elegant, too energetic!” The tour
guide told her: flamingos are the most passionate and the most
elegant birds, instantly she felt her spirit and soul has been
demonstrated out by the scene in front of her is just like her
character. She thought transform this touching moment into the
shoes, the brand was born; Passion, elegance and sexy are the
spirit of Sheme , “elegance in mind, exquisite in shape”
interpreted “creating walking art” brand concept.

Combine with the European classical design and the Chinese traditional exquisite craftsmanship, showing the excellent art
work of female shoes, the beauty and charm of eastern and western, full ofunparalleled spiritual life.

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The History of

"She" and "Me"

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inda likes to travel, to experience different
cultures, she traveled Europe and the world,
anywhere she goes she would visit the local museums,
art exhibitions, as well as participate in various fashion
week events, let herself maintain the sensitivity of
fashion and art anytime. Each kind of innovative
models Sheme shoes, she personally tried, through
repeated adjustment until completely comfortable, she
would start to produce. And red is Linda's favorite
colour, this mysterious Chinese red full complement of
life spewing endless stretch of vitality and freedom,
but also a symbol of Linda's warm and cheerful

personality. She is like an indulgent free walking red flower,
with her passion of shoes arts career to infect everyone.

Made Good Stuff
Lead "Made in China" to
the International

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any foreigners would label made in China
products as low-cost, quality varies, and even
counterfeit goods. To clear the name and change their
belief, easier said than done. Also let the products into
the international luxury market, isn't it a fantasy story?
Linda believes that “passion” can change everything.
“My life has shoes, shoes have my life.” The
high-heeled shoes as her first life, to poure the passion
to the shoe career, turn Sheme into a spirit, an
enthusiasm. Linda successfully changes the foreigners
view, from not worth watching to view in a new light.
European famous brands have always been the fashion
indicators, Sheme could emerge in that trend, because
of her Chinese soul. Adhering to the refined elegance
of Chinese traditional arts, such as: embroidery, Shu
embroidery, leather plaited buckle, jade inlaid ......
combine western design fashion, to create this unique
Chinese footwear international luxury brands.

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chieve the balance and harmony realm of Chinese
Arts & Crafts; I must mention the international design
team behind Sheme. We hired the talented designers to join the
members of this team from Italy, France and Canada, these
teams do not see the shoes as products, but see as art, everyone
is full of passion and artistic pursuits of the shoes. Distinctive
design style but pure, luxury classic yet unassuming.
Product Director Gianluigi Colombo is from Italy, since 1975
he has invested shoes manufacturing industry, a former Bally,
Chanel Shoes, Fratelli Rossetti, Colette, and many other brands
of technical guidance, thirty-five years of unremitting pursuit
of the ultimate realm of craft quality. The extreme quality
requirements italian gentleman, with one hundred and fifty
pairs of shoes, one hundred and fifty shirts, and one hundred
and fifty belts. Every Sunday he would meticulously select the
outfits for the next week.
Mr. Colombo also brought this requirement of fashion and
detail to each piece item of Sheme. He developed a complete,
prudential standard of technical surveillance to Sheme, strict
control of each step, prior to shipment, he would personally
inspect the small details of each pair of shoes and sign the
certification, and strive for the Chinese women to create the
world's top premium brand shoes.

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Handmade Custom is an Art

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heme was searching out all over the world, through strict control, the
final selection of the world recognized as the best Italian suede,
nappa, silk, patent leather such materials as the shoe material. These
materials have got a very fine colour, fine texture, bringing soft touch of
fitting skin. Sheme abandoned the simple replication of industrialization,
respected individual aesthetic taste, through the craftsman's hands and heart
reflects highly respected to people and things.

Designer Leopoldo Giordano also from
Italy, he has held a number of world-renowned shoes' chief designer, including
Chole, Marc Jacobs, Bruno Magli, and
Kenzo. Mr. Giordano has created many
classic shoes that swept the world, and
now, also in professional and creative build
exceed international standards work for
Sheme.

From measuring of feet, the system lasts, tanning, cutting material, sewing
tie, sew bottom with heel, modified to maintain a set of hand-made crafts
custom process, need about three months time, more than three hundred
multi-channel processes fine carved discretion to complete one pair Sheme
footwear. While an ordinary craftsman, need to go through eight to ten
years time to make hundreds and thousands pairs of foot wears, continue to
accumulate, and through layers of rigorous professional and technical
assessment, proficiency a set of Sheme handmade custom shoes craft
before they become a senior Sheme technician.
Distinctive design style but pure, classic luxury does not publicize. Every
creative design of classic series, involved with a beautiful story, elegant and
moving, full of life. Combines Chinese traditional craftsmanship, inject the
artistic inspiration to each pair shoes of creative production, let the elegant
step walking in the luxury space of exquisite taste. Premier clients including
former British Prime Minister's wife Cherie Blair, when she received
tailored high heels, hilariously said: “Every lady likes shoes, these shoes
will be the highest level of my collection.”

From "The Peony Pavilion" to the London fashion Week

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hat is “walking art?” This is Sheme brand philosophy, the spirit of
Chinese culture into the fashion element, to design high-heeled shoes
such as art work, women take every step by confidence, no matter when and
wherever they go, is a manifestation of beauty. Have the opportunity to come to
the central issue show of fashion, Linda and her team brought a new original
design to UK, take the audience into a “Travelling in the Garden” show, it is
modeled on the story of “Peony Pavilion”, to create the highlight
of 2014 spring and summer!
The short moment of Peony bloom, full and meticulous......“The Peony Pavilion” portrays women aspire
for freedom, I would like to extract the spirit. As
the first Chinese luxury brand of shoes that the
international fashion week T stage publish on,
Sheme with internationally renowned fashion
designer brand JI CHENG have completed the
“Peony Pavilion” series of original designs. “Peony
Pavilion” series name from a famous Chinese opera
“The Peony Pavilion” name, as the creative source of
this season, Sheme with JI CHENG completed footwear and dress product
planning and production. Both brands were a deep understanding of Chinese culture, so that

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Chinese Women's Shoes on the International Stage, Walking Art of Sheme

the joint creation has reached an unprecedented height, in
the series of products, both using the same fabric material
and perfectly consistent colour perception force, but in the
production process, also demonstrates the extraordinary
footwear, apparel different categories of product characteristics and charm of handmade art, this harmony and
aesthetic of Chinese culture art highlighting force build out

amazing oriental art style model, and become the extraordinary pioneer of the world's fashion week T stage.
Designer JI CHENG mentioned, reading Chinese classical
literature would enhance personal temperament and training,
“The Peony Pavilion” series is a sincere esteem of profound
Chinese culture, for Kunqu Opera essence, in the modern
fashion art has different kind of interpretation.

JI CHENG
Ji Cheng rooted in Shanghai, a local young designer. Her designs are often subvert the Chinese traditional style
and mixed of Chinese elements, elegance and hippie together, to create an unique style. She has studied at the
prestigious Marangoni fashion institute in Milan Italy, served as a designer of Basic Krizia and Missoni Sports two
brands in Hong Kong, later as the visual artistic director of Italian women fashion brand D'A, making her has
gained high praise of the brand management and development.

The Stunning Garden of

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Stage

16th September at four o'clock local time in London
great play on the stage, show lights slowly
extinguished, the big screen appeared in Ming
dynasty Tang Xian Zu created the most outstanding
romantic opera “The Peony Pavilion” story,
ingenuity short movie guided the foreign guests in
the venue passed through the time and space, enter
the Chinese Ming Dynasty private rear garden,
among the mysterious and blurred spring, enjoy the
poignant and gorgeous love chapter. Then the
models appear on the stage who wears “The Peony
Pavilion” series that Sheme and JI CHENG jointly
issued 2014 Spring, setting off a classical style.
Designer Ji Cheng good at mix of Chinese and

Bloom
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bloomâ&#x20AC;? series was inspired by the traditional Chinese Painting
Peony shape, hand-embroidery craft is delicate and rich texture.
Fine Symphony rhythmic changes, in the pin alignment, form the
Peony Structured, the flowers and leaves set each other off
vividly, if natural born.

opeful on Chinese-made luxury brand! Linda tells
her Chinese high-end fashion brand development prospects. The native designers have a vast
vision, and possessed unique thinking, can
transformed new ideas into design concepts, then put
on the product, stand out in the world market. Also
Linda considers Chinese consumers' wareness of
luxury goods brand hadgreat progress than in the
past, therefore grade constantly upgrade, even
cultured unique taste, as her customer groups,
their enthusiasm for Sheme not limited fashion
level, which they appreciate the artistic
beauty, the pursuit of excellence in fine
craft.

The Future of Sheme

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ith a strong oriental beauty Sheme shoes have
been able to successfully enter the international
market, Linda thinks it is because either Asians or
Westerners, all appreciate and identity beautiful things. For
the development of the brand, she is full of confident, this
London trip even inspired her to open a shop in UK, she said
to open a market here, to bring consumers to aware a new brand
is not easy! So she has to do a lot of preparation work beforehand, now the initial concept, is to merge Britain's rich cultural
and artistic colour into Sheme shoes, clash new sparks.

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RIDELONDON! The Biggest Cycling Festival in the UK

RIDELONDON
The Biggest
Cycling Festival
in the UK
By Tinky

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The London Olympics has
sparked a new trend for sport,
which has helped contribute to
a record boost in the number of
people playing sport. According
to figures released, more and
more people than ever are
concerned about the importance of exercise and health.

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RIDELONDON! The Biggest Cycling Festival in the UK

hile you are walking down the streets of London, several people in well-designed sportswear
might be passing by. During the rush hours, many of those businessmen in suits could be
professional cyclists. In fact, travelling by bicycle will not only keep you fit, but it will also cut down
on transport expenses and avoid traffic congestion.

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This summer in London, the Prudential
Ride London Show took place from 3
August to 4 August. It was sponsored
by the Prudential Group with a number
of authorities in London (including the
Mayor of London, Surrey County
Council, Transport for London, and
London & Partners). The two-day
festival was said to be the biggest
cycling festival in the UK, and was
expected to give a major boost to the
number of active cyclists in the UK.
The two-day festival featured a range
of bike-based entertainment and
activities. The Prudential Ride London
Freecycle took place on 3 August, with
over 50,000 recreational riders filling
the streets of central London for the
event, which was free to enter and open
to everyone, whatever their age or level
of riding experience. So there was
plenty for all. There was a whole host
of other cycle-related fun to be had
around the festival sites. The event was
expected to give a major boost to the
number of active cyclists in the UK.
Does it look exciting to you, looking at
the photos?

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his family-friendly and relaxed
ride took place over an
eight-mile, traffic-free circuit past
London’s most iconic landmarks, from
Buckingham Palace through to the
Tower of London, Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and ending
at St. James’s Park. They rode from
East to West, surrounded by the
world’s famous attractions. It was all so
pleasant. All riders were welcome,
whatever their age or ability. Both
children and adults wore helmets and
reflective vests, and measures had to be
taken to ensure traffic safety.
Stopping en route was encouraged to
enjoy the roadside bike-based entertainment.

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RIDELONDON! The Biggest Cycling Festival in the UK

On August 4, 60 of the world’s top
professional cyclists competed in the
Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix,
including the double Olympic
champion rider Laura Trott, the
Olympic team pursuit champions Dani
King and Jo Rowsell, and the silver
medal winner in the World Championship of British youth, Elinor Barker.
With the pair jockeying for position on
the 1.3-mile loop, Laura Trott (Wiggle
Honda) won the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix.
To read more, check the official
website on:
www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk

Cycling around London

You
just have to try it!

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lthough the event has ended, you can still
participate with those who experienced the “pleasantness” and “freedom.” Be part of London’s cycling
revolution and make getting around by bike even
easier on a public bike, from West
Shepherd’s Bush to East Canary Wharf
and Victoria Park.
Barclays Cycles Hire is based on a
small registration fee (£2 to register
for a 24 hour period). It
commenced operations with 8,000
bicycles and over 550 docking
stations distributed across the City of
London area. A Visa or MasterCard
credit or debit card can be used in a
docking station to release a bicycle.
Getting started is easy: simply hire a bike,
ride it where you like, then return it to any of
the hundreds of docking stations across the city.
London's public bike sharing scheme is available 24 hours per day, 365 days a year. It’s a great way to travel around
the city.

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Tip1 : Barclays Cycle Hire is for short trips, so all journeys under 30 minutes are free of ride charges.
Tip2 : Each bike release code is valid for 10 minutes and only at that docking station. Bikes are
valuable, so don't let anyone see your code before you use it.

Find out more about how Barclays Cycle Hire works, check the official website on:
www.tfl.gov.uk/barclayscyclehire

have made three life-changing accomplishments in the
past five years, studying abroad, starting up my own
company, and cycling G318. None of these things was
accommodated with the support of my family. To be honest,
I did not have a clue how to make the “first move.” I did
nothing special. Everything I did was labeled “I am supposed
to”, or “I am expected to”, but never “I
WANT to.” I felt that I was constantly
pushed by people around me- family
members, teachers until I got the
chance to come to England in my junior
year of high school. I was only there for
three weeks, but I was deeply attractedby it. Thus, when I came back to China,
I decided to study abroad in the future.
It was the first time that I had a dream
belongs to me. After a few months, my dream of studying
abroad came true.

Old Tibetans go to Lhasa as pilgrims. Similarly, cycling
through G318 is my way of declaring my dream as a pilgrim.
I hope to tell myself, using my own action that, “maybe I am
still not tough enough, but I will not bow down in front of
my dreams.”

Dream

In my junior year of college, I started up my own company.
From an initial idea to a mature design, from I alone to a
team of 6 elite engineers, from an unknown-technical
knowledge to the final product, the whole process told me the
“price” I need to pay to realize an initial thought to a mature
commercial product. Yet, the process also reminded me how
beautiful a dream could be.

There are several reasons why some
cyclers are not dared to start their
journey on G318. In their mind, cycling
through G318 is too hard. It is yet a
challenge for them to cycle 100 km per
day for a consecutive of 30 days on
perfect roads, how is it impossible to
cycle 4,000 meters above sea level for
more than 20 days?

I want to say that everyone finished G318 with exhaustion
and pain. On my way to Lhasa, I had seen people from age
10 to 60; people who weigh from 50 kg to 100kg; men and
women. Everyone curses when they talk about their
experiences on the road because the trip is unimaginable
painful. G318 never discriminates, but it only welcomes
those that truly love it.

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Exhaustion

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heduo Mountain, with its peak at 4,200 meters,
was the first mountain we climbed that was
above 4000 meters. We cycled approximately 73
kilometers and experienced an altitude increase of 1,900
meters on that day.
We left early at 8:00 a.m., because we knew this
mountain was hard to conquer. We did not bring enough
food with us, because we had never anticipated that we
would spend 9 hours climbing it. When we reached an
altitude of 3,800 meters, things began to go wrong. My
respiration frequency increased, and I started to
experience muscular numbness and physical fatigue. I
felt even worse when we reached 4,000 meters. I
couldn’t even concentrate. Suddenly, everything went
back. I subconsciously held the handle bar tighter. I
could do nothing but continue peddling. I gradually had
my vision back after around 20 seconds, but I felt
exhausted both mentally and physically. I started to
FEAR. I didn’t know whether I was going to faint or be
seized with cramp in the middle. I didn’t even know
how much longer I could ride. “I can’t give up”, I told
myself. “Do I want to turn around and head back home?
If not, I will have to keep going forward!” We arrived at
the hotel after all, but due to the intensity of the cycling
and my physical overdraft, I suffered severely from the
altitude stress. Headache, vomiting, it was a sleepless
night.

I was not the only one. My 95 kg teammate, Laobiao,
was indeed the true hero. I knew exactly how terrible I
felt on my way up; thus, I couldn’t even imagine how he
managed to pushed his bike up while suffering with the
altitude stress. I remember that day clearly. I was
waiting for Laobiao with Fangcuo, my other teammate,
on the pass, and it had been over 11 hours since our
morning departure. We were waiting and waiting, but
there was no trace of Laobiao. We were so worried.
Suddenly, I saw his signature yellow raincoat in the
thick fog. “Liaobiao! Here!!” I yelled excitedly. He told
me, “Every 20 meters I walked would result in a black
out. All I can do was to wait for 30 seconds and then
walked the next 20 meters. Sorry for the wait guys.”
Liaobiao was my biggest hero at that very moment.

I wrote down these words on the next day,
“there is no such thing as ‘I can’t
make it’, G318 is only for believers
and conquerors”.

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Dream Measured by Wheel, Cycling G318, Chongqing to Tibet

Teammates
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e are best friends forever!” I could not
recall how many times I had heard people
yelling these words along the road. Cycling G318
was lonely because we endured 8 hours of boring
ride everyday. Yet, cycling G318 was hopeful
because we sent encouragements to everyone we
passed by.We learned to love and trust whoever
was with us. Most importantly, we all knew from
the deepest of our heart that ourteammates would
always be there for us and had our back no matter
what was in front of us.
Our team had a nickname, “the Broken Chain”,
which obviously meant that it was far more than

Knowing that there was no way that we could fix
it, we agreed to see whether someone driving by
would be willing to give us a lift. It was already
troublesome for drivers to stop in this single-lane
mountain road, needless to say that we each carried
a bicycle. No one wanted to help out. Seeing both
of my teammates shivering, I felt extremely guilty.
So I patted their shoulder and said, “You guys go
first, I will find a way out and follow you”. To be
honest, I didn’t want them to leave me behind, at
all. I was scared. I didn’t know how I could face
the rest of that day’s journey by myself. “What if
no one ever stops? What if someone robs me if
seeing me alone?” I turned around and murmured

normal for us to have broken chains. We had had
four chain accidents and “luckily”, three of them
were under my name. The first time happened
where we were about 4 to 5 kilometers away from
Tianquan city where my chain cracked on a steep
uphill all of a sudden. The accident was probably
due to the lack of lubricant, long-lasting rainy
weather, and my imperfect gear shifting habits.
Our team had to stop in the pouring rain. It was the
first time we incurred broken chains so that none
of us knew how to fix it. We worked on it for half
an hour but only made little progress. As the rain
sank into our raincoats and soaked our T-shirts, we
all started to tremble.

to myself. “No, you are not going to face this
alone!” My concerns were interrupted by their
simple but heart-warming answer.
The second time happened on our way to Bomi
City. My chain was a little bit distorted after the
first accident; therefore, it broke again under the
high intensity of bike riding. This time, Laobiao
pulled out two long rubber bands and tied them on
my handle bar. This was when the most spectacular riding style on G318 was born. He dragged me
for nearly 2 kilometers and never uttered a word of
complaint. My riding buddies never threw me over
in danger and difficulty.

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318 is dangerous. More than 10 people have been
killed on G318 this year alone. Some were riding too
fast to back away from the oncoming truck; some were
washed away by the mudslide after heavy rains, and some
were hit by fallen stones due to terrifying landslides. I
would be lying to say I was fearless, because I was
surrounded by dangers that could occur at any time.
I could never forget about the 100km ride from Zuogong to
Bangda. The
strategy book
told us that we
would have a
relatively
relaxed ride
that day, so
we headed out
joyfully. It
didn’t take us
long to realize
that was not
the case. We
were still
exhausted
from climbing
Mt. Dongda
(5,000 meters
above sea
level) the day
before; and the
rain started to
pour down at
3 p.m.

I tried to quieten myself down.“Panic is useless, all we have
to do is to run away from this place at quickly as possible”,
I told myself.I could only hear two words inside my heart-fear and destination.Very simple, yet very focused. I had
never craved to reach the destination that much. We finally
reached our destination with a record-breaking time. We
did not even waste 1 second on the road.When I looked
back at the mountain and seeing it still under dark clouds, I
still sensed a lingering fear.

Fear

Bangda City
is in a
mountainous
area. We rode
along the twisting mountain road with rushing rivers on the
right. The rainstorm immediately socked us, and the
raindrops on my riding glasses completely blocked my
sight. The storm set me shivering. I held the handle tighter
and rode faster, hoping to get a little extra heat. Suddenly, I
noticed that one side of the river had become thicker and
muddier, and small stones began to slip off from the
mountain. “It’s the precursor of a collapse! Look out!” I
warned my buddies.We were about 30km from Bongda at
that time, and we had no idea where the mountain landslide
occurred. In addition, we were about 4,000 meters above sea
level, meaning that we had a much higher chance of being
hit by lightings. We were trapped in a situation many can
barely imagine, let alone understand.

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Dream Measured by Wheel, Cycling G318, Chongqing to Tibet

Persistence

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e met a guy of our age when we were only 300km away
from Lhasa. He came all the way from Shanghai, the
starting point of G318, and had been cycling days and nights
through landslide zones and muddy waters for a total of 4000 km.
We were all surprised that he had never cycled more than 30km in
a daybefore this cycling trip. The beginning part of his journey
only consisted three parts: initial thought, buying a bicycle and
departure. However, he made an even more stunning decision at
the night we met him-he decided to stop here and go home. We
couldn't believe it. 300km was such a negligible number comparing
to the 4000km he had been though. None of us understand why he
made such a decision, and we all felt so sorry to witness the
shattering of a perfect Tibetan dream.
I kept recalling the big smile he had on his face when he announced
the decision. I gradually came to an understanding that he chose
this journey because he wanted to explore the unknown with his
passion that was so closely tied to Tibet. However, he decided to
leave then because the whole experience of cycling had given him
what he was seeking for. Thus, his dream was achieved and the
result of this trip no longer mattered to him. So I started to wonder
whether we should also learn to let go. Persistence is only beautiful
and admirable when it has a dream standing behind it. However,
our dreams may lose its initial meaning when we pursue it just for
the sake of pursuing.

The End

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fter 26 days of cycling, my dream journey was finally
accomplished. We suffered though countless hazardousness, exhaustion and pain, but we obtained precious friendships and
learned qualities such as perseverance and persistence. I strongly
encourage my contemporaries, who also are also studying abroad,
to try cycling G318; I guarantee that it will be the most unforgettable memory. One day, I hope we can all say it out loud that we are
the kind of people who are fighting for our dream.
And finally, in memorial to the lost lives on G318, you were all
warriors.

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伦敦市长在北京坐地铁

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赞北京地铁环境“真干净”

北京地铁乘坐感受：“人多”

连续发问被赞为“地铁专家”

自己就是环保爱好者

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Mayor of London Had a Ride on Beijing Metro

Mayor of London Had a Ride on

Beijing Metro
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, who was on a high-profile visit in China in October, took a
ride on the capital’s notoriously crowded metro on 14th October and said he found it even
more crowded than the Tube in London. Even it was not the peak hour, yet the traffic was
comparable to the rush hour in London, he said.
Yet Johnson admitted that he was impressed by the “orderliness” and “cheap cost” of the subway,
where riders are charged a flat fare of 2 yuan.

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r. Johnson attracted a crowd on
the metro as he was seen a mop
of blond hair.
“I have long looked forward to experiencing the subway in Beijing. I have
been to this city twice in 2006 and 2008,

Mayor of London
Boris Johnson
Praised Beijing
Underground for
its Cleanliness

but I didn't have a chance to ride the
metro,” he said. His description of the
metro as wonderful and clean, called it
an example of model English-style
exaggeration. And he was impressed by
the the cheap cost of the subway, where
riders are charged a flat fare of 2 yuan.

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Mayor Johnson was
praised as “Metro
expert”

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A Beijing subway official praised him as
“Metro expert.” When Johnson and his
crew travelled on Beijing’s subway, he was
lucky enough to have secured a seat, after
being hailed by curious travellers.

r. Johnson caught the
subway at the station of
Beijing’s metro at 3:40 in the
afternoon, a low point of daily
passenger flow. He attracted a
crowd and caused a little buzz as
on the metro as he was seen as just
another straphanger, albeit a
foreign one with reporters.

Experience of Beijing's
Subway: It's More
Crowded than the Tube

Mayor Johnson was very excited
about the trip. He spoke with
officials in charge of the transportation and inspected transport
operations in the Chinese capital.
He was also very surprised when
he heard that Metro Line One was
built in the 1960s.

system to local reporters after a short ride
to Gongzhufen station. And it wasn’t even
rush hour but the traffic was comparable to
the rush hour in London.

He also asked a lot of professional
issues, “It is a two-track subway?
If it gets stuck, how to deal with?＂

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lean, efficient, crowded. That was
how the mayor of London, Boris
Johnson, described the Beijing metro

Mayor Johnson was delighted that Beijing
subway official is willing to exchange
experiences with London Underground.

As an Environmental Enthusiast

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his experience of riding the
Beijing metro was a part of
his six-day visit to China. He has
been raising awareness for
investment opportunities in
London, encouraging Chinese
tourists coming to London and
convincing Chinese students to
enroll in the capital's universities.
A keen cyclist himself, Johnson

pointed out in a speech he gave
earlier in Beijing that Chinese
visitors were attracted to London
because of multiculturalism, fine
universities and “beautiful
communist bicycles.”
“I’ve long heard that you take
public transportation to work, and
you get my full respect,” wrote
another blogger.